Catalog Info
Effective Term
Fall 2016
Credit Hours
3.00
Contact Hours Per Week
3 (for 15-week classes)
Course Description
Introduces plumbing and pipe-fitting materials joining. Topics included are mechanical joints/pipe-cutting, brazing with turbo torches and oxyacetylene, soldering with LP and MAPP gases, plastic PVC pipe-joining, flared fittings, plastic fusion welding, and dielectric fittings. Students are required to study the theory behind these methods and perform hands-on labs.